Man Utd will bid for Christian Benteke before the end of the week (The Sun)

Manchester United are not quite done with transfers yet and they plan to recruit Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke to fulfill the void left by Robin van Persie, according to The Sun.

Man United will match the buyout clause and Van Gaal has been given the green light to to push through for the 24 year old Belgian international.

Aston Villa are preparing themselves for an official bid from the Red Devils, which could happen before the end of this week.

Under contract with the Villans until 2017, the Belgian international has been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool all summer but the Merseyside club seem unwilling to match his buyout clause of £32m.